Whole-body phantom and process for producing the same

Abstract

Solving Means A whole-body phantom A characterized by being obtained from a conductive rubber material comprising a rubber base and a conductive filler incorporated therein by molding the rubber material so as to copy the whole shape of a human body; and a process for producing a whole-body phantom, characterized by using a mold which conforms to the shape of a human body and is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic. Effect The whole-body phantom enables, with satisfactory handling, an examination of, e.g., influences of electromagnetic waves on the human body in various poses. The process for whole-body phantom production is suitable for use in producing such whole-body phantom.

1 . A whole-body phantom obtained from a conductive rubber material comprising a rubber base loaded with a conductive filler by molding said conductive rubber material so as to copy the whole shape of a human body. 
     
     
         2 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said conductive rubber material is laminated on a surface of a hollow-shaped fiber-reinforced plastic body molded so as to copy the whole shape of a human body. 
     
     
         3 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein the hollow part of said fiber-reinforced plastic molded body is further filled with said conductive rubber material or a polymeric foam material. 
     
     
         4 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , obtained by molding said conductive rubber material into a solid shape so as to copy the whole shape of a human body. 
     
     
         5 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , obtained by molding said conductive rubber material so as to copy the whole shape of a human body and to have a hollow part, and filling said hollow part with a polymeric foam material so as to form a solid shape copying the whole shape of the human body. 
     
     
         6 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein a part corresponding to an arm can be detachably attached to a part corresponding to a trunk. 
     
     
         7 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein a part corresponding to an upper half of the human body and a part corresponding to a lower half of the human body can be detachably attached to each other. 
     
     
         8 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said conductive rubber material has electric characteristics similar to those of muscle, fat or skin of a human body. 
     
     
         9 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein said fiber-reinforced plastic has electric characteristics similar to those of bones of a human body. 
     
     
         10 . The whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 8 , obtained through lamination of at least two materials selected from the group composed of said conductive rubber material having electric characteristics similar to those of muscle, fat or skin of a human body and said fiber-reinforced plastic having electric characteristics similar to those of bones of a human body. 
     
     
         11 . A process for producing a whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein a mold made of a fiber-reinforced plastic and corresponding to the outer shape of a human body is used. 
     
     
         12 . The process for producing a whole-body phantom as set forth in  claim 11 , comprising the steps of filling the space between an outer mold made of a fiber-reinforced plastic and corresponding to the outer shape of a human body and an inner mold made of a fiber-reinforced plastic and corresponding to said outer mold with an uncured conductive rubber material having an uncured rubber base loaded with a conductive filler, curing the conductive rubber material, and leaving said inner mold inside said cured conductive rubber material. 
     
     
         13 . The process as set forth in  claim 12 , further comprising the step of filling a hollow part defined by said inner mold with said conductive rubber material or a polymeric foam material. 
     
     
         14 . The process as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein a conductive rubber material having an uncured rubber base loaded with a conductive filler is applied to, laminated on or laid along inner surfaces of a pair of outer molds formed of a fiber-reinforced plastic and corresponding to the outer shape of a human body when mated to each other, said outer molds are mated to each other so as to define a hollow part by said conductive rubber material, and said hollow part is filled with a polymeric foam material.